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Scary stories to tell in the dark

1981
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

More scary stories to tell in the dark

1984
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

The Little Red Hen makes a pizza

1999
In this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the dog, and the cat refuse to help the Little Red Hen make a pizza but do get to participate when the time comes to eat it.

One grain of rice

a mathematical folktale
1997
A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.

Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper

1954
In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Crow chief

a Plains Indian story
1992
Crow Chief always warns the buffalo that hunters are coming, until Falling Star, a savior, comes to camp, tricks Crow Chief, and teaches him that all must share and live like relatives together.

Love and roast chicken

a trickster tale from the Andes Mountains
2004
In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.

The girl who helped thunder and other Native American folktales

2008
A collection of illustrated Native American folktales that features the title selection, along with other creation myths and animal fables from Cherokee, Cheyenne, Hopi, Lakota, Pawnee, Seminole, Seneca, and other tribes.

Keepers of the earth

native American stories and environmental activities for children
1988
A selection of traditional tales from various Indian peoples each accompanied by instructions for related activities dealing with aspects of the environment.

Goldilocks and the three bears

1988
Three bears return home from a walk to find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.

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